How to create a customized design template in PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2000

This step-by-step article describes how to create a custom title master and slide master, and then save the presentation as a new template. With a customized title master, you can create presentations in which the title page contains a different layout, including different graphics, than all the other slides in your presentation.

Create a New Slide Master

1. Create a new, blank presentation.
2. On the View menu, click Master, and then click Slide Master.
3. On the Format menu, click Background.
4. Under Background fill, click the arrow, and then click Fill Effects.
5. Click the Picture tab, click Select Picture, locate the picture that you want to insert, click the picture, and then click Insert.
   
   This inserts the picture that forms the background of all your slides other than the title slide.
6. Click OK, and then click Apply.

Create a New Title Master

1. On the Insert menu, click New Title Master.
2. On the Format menu, click Background.
3. Under Background fill, click the arrow, and then click Fill Effects.
4. Click the Picture tab, click Select Picture, locate the picture that you want to insert, click the picture, and then click Insert.
   
   This inserts the background picture for your title slide.
5. Click OK, and then click Apply.
6. On the File menu, click Save As.
7. In the Save as type box, click Design Template (*.pot), type the file name in the File name box, and then click Save.
8. On the View menu, click Normal, and then create your presentation.